December 1791
Anno 32o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Martis, 20o Decembris 1791.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes De la Warr. |
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Hawkesbury. |
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission
under the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of
the Parliament.''
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners being in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack, the Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with the Lord Walsingham on his Right Hand,
and the Lord Hawkesbury on his Left, commanded the
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons
know, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come,
The Commission was read by the Clerk as follows;
(videlicet)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"GEORGE R.
"George the Third, by the Grace of God of Great
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth; to Our most dear and entirely
beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor, George
Prince of Wales, Our most dear Sons and faithful
Counsellors, Frederick Duke of York, William Duke
of Clarence, Our most dear Brother and faithful
Counsellor, William Duke of Gloucester, the Most
Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor
John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate, and Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved and faithful
Counsellor Edward Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor
of Great Britain; the Most Reverend Father in God
and Our faithful Counsellor William Archbishop of
York, Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our
most dear Cousins and Counsellors, Charles Earl
Camden, President of Our Council; Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; John
Frederick Duke of Dorset, Steward of Our Household; Edward Duke of Somerset, Charles Duke of
Richmond, Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, Harry
Duke of Bolton, Francis Duke of Leeds, George Duke
of Marlborough, James Duke of Montrose, William
Henry Duke of Portland, Henry Duke of Newcastle,
James Marquis of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our
Household; George Marquis of Buckingham, William
Marquis of Lansdown, George Marquis Townshend,
Thomas Marquis of Bath, Edward Earl of Derby,
Basil Earl of Denbigh, John Earl of Westmorland,
Philip Earl of Chesterfield, John Earl of Sandwich,
Frederick Earl of Carlisle, George Bussy Earl of Jersey,
George James Earl of Cholmondeley, William Earl of
Dartmouth, Charles Earl of Tankerville, Heneage Earl
of Aylesford, John Earl of Ashburnham, Thomas Earl
of Effingham, John Earl of Buckinghamshire, Francis
Earl of Hertford, Frederick Earl of Guilford, Charles
Earl Cornwallis, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl
Bathurst, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of
Ailesbury, William Earl of Mansfield, George Earl of
Leicester, Richard Earl Howe, George Earl of Mount
Edgcumbe, David Viscount Stormont, George Evelyn
Viscount Falmouth, Thomas Viscount Sydney, the
Right Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor Beilby Lord Bishop of London, Our well-beloved
and faithful Counsellors William Wyndham Lord Grenville, one of Our principal Secretaries of State; George
Lord Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby, Thomas Lord
Pelham, John Lord Cardiff, Jeffery Lord Amherst,
Alexander Lord Loughborough, Chief Justice of Our
Court of Common Pleas; Thomas Lord Walsingham,
Henry Frederick Lord Carteret, Richard Lord Carleton, Charles Lord Hawkesbury, Lloyd Lord Kenyon,
Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us;
Joseph Lord Dover, James Lord Malmesbury, and
Constantine John Lord Mulgrave, Greeting: Whereas, We did lately, for divers difficult and pressing Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our
Kingdom of Great Britain and the Church, ordain
this Our present Parliament, to begin and to be held
at Our City of Westminster, the Tenth Day of August,
in the Thirtieth Year of Our Reign, which Our Parliament from thenceforth was prorogued by Our several
Writs until and to the Twenty-fifth Day of November,
in the Thirty-first Year of Our Reign, and there
lately holden, and from thence by several Adjournments and Prorogations was adjourned and prorogued
to and until Tuesday the Twentieth Day of this instant
December, then to be held and sit at Our City of
Westminster aforesaid; Know ye nevertheless, that for
certain pressing Causes and Considerations Us especially moving, We have thought fit further to prorogue Our said Parliament; therefore We confiding
very much in your Fidelity, Prudence, and Circumspection, have, by the Advice and Consent of Our
Council, assigned you Our Commissioners, giving to
you or to any Three or more of you, by virtue of
these Presents, full Power and Authority, from the
said Twentieth Day of December, in Our Name further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament, at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and
unto Tuesday the Thirty-first Day of January now
next following, there then to be held and sit; and
therefore We command you, that you diligently attend to the Premises, and effectually fulfil them in the
Manner aforesaid: We also strictly command all and
singular Our Archbishops, Dukes, Marquisses, Earls,
Viscounts, Bishops, Barons, Knights, Citizens, Burgesses, and Commissioners, for Our Counties and
Boroughs, and all others whom it concerns, to meet
at Our said Parliament by virtue of these Presents,
that they observe, obey, and assist you in executing
the Premises as they ought to do. In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made
Patent.
"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Sixteenth
Day of December, in the Thirty-second Year
of Our Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission under the
Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now
read, we do in His Majesty's Name, and in Obedience
to His Commands, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Thirty-first Day of January next, to be then
here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Thirty-first Day of January
next."
Die Sabbati, 28o Januarii 1809.
Hitherto examined by us:
Napier.
Walsingham.
Arden.